THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN OCT. 26 - ov, 1, 1986
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tain came ba .
o one knows r the two
espeditioos perished t or
re.cbed the New orld. Less
than two centuries Iter,
er, Colum made his
voyages and brought a
tantalizing p ece of information
suggesting the Mali Deets may
have cbed the Americas.
The Indians in Hiapaniola,
where Columbus first made
landfall, told the European ex­
plorer that they bad been
trading with African people who
d them tipped with a
yello metal that the Indians
called �. Columbus ob­
tained SOlD of these and
00 his return to Spain had the
meteal yed. It was 18 parts
gold, 6 parts silver and 8 parts
copper - the ratio commonly us­
ed by the people of the time
along the Guinea coast of
Africa, the region from which
Abubekari 11 sailed. Van Ser­
timJl notes that amonc the
African languag of the
group, common in est Africa,
the word for gold is guanin 0 a
variant such kani - the same
word UIed by the Indians Col­
umbus encountered.
In 1 IS, Balboa landed in
. Panama, "diIcovertng," u the
hiItory r. th Pacific
Ocean. Less frequently cited .
another diacovery: • village in
cb Indians holding a
number . of pri oner. The
re African. Lopez
de Gomara, writing a history of
exico in 15M, tells of the inci­
dent. "Balboa eel the In­
dians, whence they got them but
they could not tell, n did they
know more than this, that men
of tbia color living nearby
and they ere constantly wag­
ing war with them. Tbeae ere
the first Negroes that bad been
in IIldi."
Van SertUDa's case fo an
African in the e
orld before Columbus in-
several mo IiDes of
evidence: aimilariti in words
and customs by exiean
Indians and Africans.
He wants to combat the im-
of Africans incapable of
advanced cultures.
The ca e for an early
African Connection with the
orkl may not yet m
the standards of proof demand-
ed by m autboriti, but
Van Sertima say , "The tim
has come to disperse the cloud
of ence and epticism th.,t
has settled over this ubject."
yean before Col�
the at Timbuktu
JinI the world
__ ..- like a ourd and that If
you trneIecl � eoouab in one
direction, you would eventually
come all the way arouDd to your
ItartinI point.
Tbe Idng UlembLed hundreds
of cndtImen to build a fleet of
muter boats and an
eq number of supply boats
-for an expedition into the
Tbe bad orden not to
return until they reached a
landfall or ere cl to runn­
ing out of supplies. Some time
later, though, one of the ship's
cap&aina did return and to d
Abubekari that all of the shipS
but biI bad caugb up in a
current and carried far out to
. The captain, frightened,
tumed back.
one of the other ships w
beard from again, but - again
according to Arab documen
-Abubekari decided to lawacb a
aecond Beet, tbia time with the
kinI bim8eIf in command. In
W1, be conferred the po of
rMtD:Y OIl bia brother K.ankan
and the Allan- .
cap-
. The great of
co are by far the IDOIt spec­
tacular evidence tbat, as
,....,1I1tt.tiOll cia in the
orIdm than!,
years before Columbus
"discovered" " AIDerica,
alreedy reacbed
. Tbeycame u
free men and
EVIDENCE: Carved by
0Imeea Dearly S,
• Van Sertlma cont n that
there later African ar­
ri . PerbapI the IDOIt Iiplfi-
, cant of came m later,
in A.D. IS10 and 1111, when the
t and wealthy African
dvWutiOll of wu, at Ita
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G e evang li will be the
Rev. R.C. Cren w of ash-
ville, Tenn e.
Rev. Crenshaw formely sang
with the Swan Silvertones, Spirit
of emphis and many other
$roups.
Vi iting church are expected.
The Pastor's Aid of the host
. church are the sponsors. ama
Lue Williams is the program
chairperson.
On Saturday night, overn­
ber 1 at 7:00 p.m.' a musical
program has been planned at the
Church of Our Lord.
Si ter Annie Chilas com.
Sister Luella unley public
relation and Rev. James O.
Childs pastor.
. The istress of Ceremonies
will be Emma Bell of Ebenezer
Bapti t Church.
A special award will go to
the Gospel Chorus member ho
has the most guest in atten­
dance. _
Pauline Walker president.
Dori Harvell director and Rev.
J ames Childs pastor. The
public i invited to attend.
Willie T. Burton, pa or and
soloist, Mr. Larry Creamer.
On Sunday at 11:00 a.m.
the chorus will continue their
celebration with Rev. Samuel
Walker as the guest speaker.
Music will be furnished by
the Jerusalem Church choir of
Fort Wayne. Dinner will be
served following the morning
rvice.
At 4:00 p.rn. guests will
be Union Memorial A.M.E.,
Southwestern ichigan Chapter
Choir, Fellowship Mission Mt.
Zion, and oloist Pat Hamil­
ton.
I
PROGRESSIVE BAPTIST
CHURCH 245 Pipestone St.
Benton Harbor will be cele­
brating their Pre-Annual
Women' Day, Saturday, 0-
vember 8 and Annual Women's
Day Sunday, ovember 9.
Special guest speaker will
be Mrs. Marie Pines of J eru­
salem Baptist Church, Galve on,
Texas. She is a dymanic speak­
er, instructor, Bible layperson
for Galveston County J ail and
community missionary.
The Gospel Chorus of PRO- She will conduct a two day
GRESSIVE BAPTIST Church ries: On ovember 8 at
will celebrate 40 years of rvice 6:00 p.m. topic will b "Are
on Saturday, October and Sun- Your Eye Open?" Questions
day, October 26. and answers series.
On Saturday at 6:00 p.m. On Sunday, ovember 9
the chorus will pre nt a Pre- mornina and evening program,
annual day program. r _ Pine and other guests and
Special guests will be the choirs will participate.
Jerusalem Bapti t Church of The Women Day theme will
Fort Wayne, Indiana where the be, "Feed on the ord 'of God
Rev. Samuel alker is the that we may grow in the Lord."
pastor. Other guest include: I Peter 2: 1 & 2. Motto will be,
St. Matthew Baptist Church, 'Take my yo e upon you,
Rev. Perry Murray, pastor; ew and learn of Me". St. Matt. 11:
I Paradise Baptist Church, Rev. _ 29·30.
any group have been
invited according to Mama Lue.
The Rev. Wrennie Bennett
i the host pastor.
The women of FELLOWSHIP
BAPTIST ISSIO Chur h 171
. Euclid Avenue ill ho t
their Sixth Annual "Internat­
ional Tea" to be held in the
Fellowship Hall of the Highland
Avenue eventh Da dventist
Church, located on the c mer
of Highland Avenue and uclid
on Sunday ovember 2 from
4:00-6:00 p.m.
. Marcia Au tin ill pr .
vide fashions from 'Queen
Way Fashions" during the infor­
mal fashion sho to be held
after the tea. C okies repre-
nting foreign countries alon
with other refreshment ill
be rved.
A free ill offering will be
taken with proceed oin to
the Building Fund f the hur h.
The publi is invited t
attend. rs. ae Ida H rt n
chairperson and Rev. illiam
Caldwell, pa tor.
TW -CITIES QU TETIE
Union Local 20-2 Board of
Directors will meet on Tuesday,
ovember 4 at 942 Pearl Street
at 7:00 p.m.
All member are ed to
plea attend and be on time.
Mr . Jean Hall i the chair-
AItb)Ulb the original African
cc.ltIIUI_ may have ClUlmeld
Into the 0Imec population,
person.
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